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SMU’s Cox School of Business has risen 16 places in the newly released 2016 global business school rankings of The Economist magazine. The rankings appeared in the magazine’s Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 print edition.

The publication’s “Which M.B.A.?” survey ranks the top 100 full-time M.B.A. programs of the world’s business schools annually. Among U.S. schools, the Cox School ranks No. 46. Globally, SMU Cox is ranked at No. 66, up from No. 82 in the 2015 rankings survey.

The school also receives high marks for the quality of faculty: No. 6 in the world, and student/alumni potential for business networking: No. 20 in the world. The ratio of faculty to students, the percentage of faculty members who hold Ph.D. degrees and alumni/student opinions factored into the faculty ranking.

A survey of business school alumni from the Class of 2015, which asked alumni why they decided to enroll in a full-time M.B.A. program, resulted in the potential to network ranking.

“We are proud of the world-class business education we offer all our students,” said Cox Dean Al Niemi. “While it’s true that ranking surveys are subjective, the fact that this one gives especially high marks to our faculty and our alumni network reaffirms our efforts to provide students with a well-rounded business school experience that will positively influence the direction of their careers.”

The survey weighs four main areas: being open to new career opportunities, personal development and educational experience, post-graduation salary increase and potential to network. In addition to measuring quantitative data from business schools, the publication conducts qualitative online surveys with business school alumni, this year from the Class of 2015, as well as each school’s most recent graduating M.B.A. class, in this case the Class of 2016.